#45A3E2#45A3E2

#45A3E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.128 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3E2
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 27.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -7.68, -39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 40.59, 259.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.061 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.128 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2736, 32.9474, 76.7535)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3E2 #E28445

analogous

#45E2D2 #45A3E2 #4555E2

triadic

#45A3E2 #E245A3 #A3E245

tetradic

#45A3E2 #D245E2 #E28445 #55E245

square

#45A3E2 #D245E2 #E28445 #55E245

split-complementary

#45A3E2 #E24555 #E2D245

monochromatic

#176395 #2086CA #45A3E2 #7ABDEA #AFD7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#45A3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#45A3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3E2

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3E2	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7195E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.128 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abeeb',
    500: '#45a3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3e2;
$custom-light: #8abeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.076,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68678,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3E2

secondary

#E1BBA2

accent

#8238F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3E2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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